resilience Archives - One Down Dog https://onedowndog.com/tag/resilience/ Yoga & Fitness | East Hollywood, Echo Park, Eagle Rock Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:38:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 //ffscdn.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/onedowndog.com/2022/11/cropped-odd-favicon-32x32.png resilience Archives - One Down Dog https://onedowndog.com/tag/resilience/ 32 32 SOMATIC & SOUND: Wildfire Remembrance & Reset https://onedowndog.com/event/la-wildfire-remembrance-somatic-yoga-sound-bath-in-la/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:45:00 +0000 https://onedowndog.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=22210 Honor what lives within you — stress, loss, resilience — in Somatic & Sound: Wildfire Remembrance + Reset. Through gentle, somatic yoga and a grounding live sound bath, this healing class invites you to move, feel, and release what your body still carries — making space for renewal.

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“We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body. This imprint has ongoing consequences for how the human organism manages to survive in the present. Trauma results in a fundamental reorganization of the way mind and brain manage perceptions. It changes not only how we think and what we think about, but also our very capacity to think.”

― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

In other words, our bodies remember what the mind tries to forget.

As we approach the anniversary of the wildfires that devastated so many in our community, we pause to honor what still lives within us: stress, loss, uncertainty, but also resilience.

This Somatic & Sound class is your space to remember, listen to what your body needs in this moment, and renew. Through slow, intentional movement and gentle, somatic yoga, you’ll be guided to listen inward — to move with presence, release stored tension, and reconnect with the body’s innate “capacity to think."

The practice unfolds into a grounding sound bath: a meditative immersion in live crystal bowls and soothing frequencies that support the nervous system, inviting deep rest and emotional reset.

Come as you are.

Breathe. Feel. Remember.

Let the vibrations carry what’s ready to be released — and make space for what’s ready to grow.

Learn more about Meghan Lastra

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]]> 22210 //ffscdn.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/onedowndog.com/2025/11/headers.png Libra-ate Yourself | Finding Freedom in the Falling https://onedowndog.com/2025/09/23/cultivating-balance-in-libra-season/ Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:29:17 +0000 https://onedowndog.com/?p=22094 In Virgo Season, we dared ourselves to flirt with order and perfection—without rules. Instead of chasing flawlessness, we leaned into patience, clarity, and the art of letting go when imperfections... read more

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]]> we dared ourselves to flirt with order and perfection—without rules. Instead of chasing flawlessness, we leaned into patience, clarity, and the art of letting go when imperfections surfaced. Now, in Libra Season, that exploration evolves: from striving for perfection to striving for balance. “Balance” is one of those wellness buzzwords we hear everywhere, but with so many interpretations, it can also feel heavy. We picture ourselves holding scales on our shoulders, expecting them to stay steady while life relentlessly nudges us off course—through phones, schedules, traffic, or as One Down Dog founder Jessica Rosen says, the bugs on the windshield. Our culture tends to frame balance through hustle-driven sayings: when you fall off the horse, get back on. No shade (okay, maybe some) to the cowboys who coined that one, but yoga offers us something deeper and more poetic. Instead of a “walk it off” mentality, yogic wisdom invites us to embrace the wobble. To laugh when we stumble, to learn from the moment, and to keep practicing—whether in a tricky pose or a tough conversation. That’s how we turn the fall into something fabulous.

3 Key Takeaways on Balance in Libra Season

✨ Humor softens the wobble. Laughter turns frustration into perspective, helping us lighten the load of imperfection. 🧠 Information builds clarity. When we notice patterns—on and off the mat—we transform missteps into opportunities for learning. 🌱 Cultivation creates resilience. Each fall is feedback. With practice, we grow steadier, stronger, and more compassionate toward ourselves.

Playlist of the Season: 

your higher falling - a libra themed yoga playlist Every season deserves a soundtrack. Our Libra-themed playlist is curated to sway with the scales—songs that teeter between light and deep, calm and energetic, playful and soulful. It’s music for finding balance in the wobble, whether you’re flowing through poses, navigating traffic, or just dancing it out in your living room. Let these tracks remind you that harmony isn’t about standing still, but about learning to move gracefully through the shifts. Press play, find your rhythm, and let balance sound as good as it feels.  

Asana of the Season:

libra themed asana or yoga pose - sirsasana, headstandSirsasana (Headstand)

Every season deserves a new perspective. In Libra Season, balance isn’t just about standing tall—it’s about flipping the script. Headstand (Śīrṣāsana) is the ultimate teacher in this practice: equal parts strength and surrender, focus and play. It reminds us that wobbling, tipping, or even falling are all part of the dance toward steadiness.

How to Step Into Headstand (Śīrṣāsana)

  1. Foundation first. Interlace your fingers, set your forearms on the ground, and cradle the back of your head in your hands.
  2. Root down. Press firmly through your forearms and lift your shoulders away from your ears.
  3. Lift lightly. Tuck your toes, straighten your legs, and walk your feet closer until your hips stack over your shoulders.
  4. Float up. Bend your knees into your chest, then slowly extend your legs toward the sky.
  5. Find balance. Engage your core, breathe steadily, and remember—falling is part of the practice.
✨ Ready to play with balance, flip your perspective, and enjoy the art of falling? Join Meghan Lastra in Echo Park for our upcoming Headstand Workshop—where strength meets curiosity and every wobble is welcome.

The Benefits of Headstand (Śīrṣāsana)

🧠 Mind

  • Builds focus and concentration by requiring presence and attention

  • Trains patience through gradual progress and practice

  • Cultivates mental clarity by reversing perspective and shifting energy

  • Encourages confidence and courage in facing challenges

  • Helps release fear of falling, fostering resilience and adaptability

💪 Body

  • Strengthens shoulders, arms, and core muscles

  • Improves circulation by inverting the body and assisting blood flow

  • Stimulates the lymphatic system, supporting detoxification

  • Can relieve tension in the lower back by decompressing the spine

  • Enhances balance and proprioception (awareness of body in space)

🌱 Overall Wellbeing

  • Offers an energizing, uplifting effect on mood

  • Balances the nervous system, supporting stress relief

  • Symbolically flips perspective, inviting new ways of seeing challenges

  • Builds trust in the body and practice, deepening the mind-body connection

  • Creates a playful, joyful relationship with movement and imperfection

Class of the Season: FIT: full-body

fit: full-body Balance isn’t just about stillness—it’s about finding strength in motion. FIT: Full-Body is a high-energy, total-body HIIT that invites you to play with your limits while staying grounded in your center. Through bodyweight conditioning, strength training, core work, and all-levels cardio, you’ll feel the push and pull of challenge and recovery, effort and ease—just like navigating the scales of daily life. Sweat, wobble, and laugh through it, and discover that balance isn’t about perfection—it’s about showing up, moving through, and finding joy along the way.

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✨ Ready to find your flow, test your limits, and embrace a little wobble? Join our October Attendance Challenge and try a variety of classes designed to balance out your practice—because the best way to master balance is to mix it up, move your body, and have fun doing it! Plus stickers. Never forget the stickers.

Sutra of the Season: 2.26

balancing effort and ease yoga sutra 2.46

Libra Season: A Meditation on Balance

In Libra Season, we move from perfection to balance—an ever-shifting, playful dance between effort and ease. The scales we carry aren’t meant to stay perfectly level; life nudges us off course with phones, traffic, schedules, and “the bugs on the windshield.” Balance is less about standing still and more about learning to wobble with grace.

Yoga Sutra 2.46 reminds us that the practice of yoga is about finding steadiness through steady effort: sthira sukham asanam — the posture should be steady and comfortable. It’s a meditation in motion, teaching us that effort without ease becomes rigid, and ease without effort becomes sloppy. True balance lives in the middle, where we engage, stretch, breathe, and allow ourselves to wobble.

So give Libra Season and your practice a soundtrack that sways with the scales, then take it to the mat and play around with arm balances like headstand, then sweat it all out with FIT: full-body. Rinse, repeat, and get to 21 classes in October to meet our Practice Feeling Balanced Challenge. Show up, show more, and let the wobble guide us.

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